TY - JOUR
T1 - The Effect of Short-Term Acute Residential Treatment on Psychiatric Rehospitalization
AU - Lichtenberg, Pesach
AU - Friedlander, Avraham
AU - Bergman-Levy, Tal
AU - Susser, Ehud
AU - Yoffe, Rinat
AU - Budowski, Danny
AU - Kodesh, Arad
AU - Tzur Bitan, Dana
AU - Weiser, Mark
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/6/1
Y1 - 2023/6/1
N2 - Short-Term Acute Residential Treatment (START) homes, located in the community and operating in noninstitutional atmospheres, seek to reduce rehospitalization. This report investigates whether these homes reduced rates and duration of subsequent inpatient stays in psychiatric hospitals. For 107 patients treated in START homes after psychiatric hospitalization, we compared the number and duration of psychiatric hospitalizations before and after their START stay. We found that, compared with the year before the START stay, in the year after the START stay, patients had fewer episodes of rehospitalization (1.60 [SD = 1.23] vs. 0.63 [SD = 1.05], t[106] = 7.097, p < 0.001) and a briefer accumulative duration of inpatient stays (41.60 days [SD = 49.4] vs. 26.60 days [SD = 53.25], t[106] = -2.32, p < 0.03). This suggests that START homes can reduce rehospitalization rates and should be considered a valid alternative to psychiatric hospitalization.
AB - Short-Term Acute Residential Treatment (START) homes, located in the community and operating in noninstitutional atmospheres, seek to reduce rehospitalization. This report investigates whether these homes reduced rates and duration of subsequent inpatient stays in psychiatric hospitals. For 107 patients treated in START homes after psychiatric hospitalization, we compared the number and duration of psychiatric hospitalizations before and after their START stay. We found that, compared with the year before the START stay, in the year after the START stay, patients had fewer episodes of rehospitalization (1.60 [SD = 1.23] vs. 0.63 [SD = 1.05], t[106] = 7.097, p < 0.001) and a briefer accumulative duration of inpatient stays (41.60 days [SD = 49.4] vs. 26.60 days [SD = 53.25], t[106] = -2.32, p < 0.03). This suggests that START homes can reduce rehospitalization rates and should be considered a valid alternative to psychiatric hospitalization.
KW - Hospitalization
KW - Hospitals, Psychiatric
KW - Humans
KW - Length of Stay
KW - Patient Readmission
KW - Residential Treatment
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U2 - 10.1097/nmd.0000000000001600
DO - 10.1097/nmd.0000000000001600
M3 - Article
C2 - 37252883
AN - SCOPUS:85160641510
SN - 0022-3018
VL - 211
SP - 467
EP - 470
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
IS - 6
ER -